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No. 242,220. Patented May 31,1881.

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UNITED STATES PATENT ()FFIGE.

SIMON POTTER AND JAMES D. BEAVER, OF POUGHKEEPSIE, NEW YORK.

RECLlNlNG-CHAIR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 242,220, dated May 31,1881.

' Application filed March 30, 1881. (Model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, SIMON POTTER and JAMES DUANE BEAVER, citizens oftheUnited States, residing at Poughkeepsie, in the county of Dutchess andState of New York, have jointlyinvented new and useful Improvements inReclining-Chairs, of which the following is a specification.

Ourimprovements relate to reclining-chairs; and our object is to producea reclining-chair of the simplest construction, cheap and durable, andincapable of being tilted forward or backward or otherwise disturbed inits position when adjusted to the desired angle for the comfort of theuser.

To this end we construct the chair-back and the front legs of singlepieces and make the back legs curve upward to the front to form asubstantially horizontal support f or the seat, pivot them, ashereinafter described, to the front legs, and provide them on theirunder front parts with notches adapted to engage with a cross-barcarried by hanging arm-rests pivoted to said back pieces or front legs,whereby the back may be adjusted to any angle, substantially ashereinafter described, the main point or feature of improvementconsisting in the combination, with the chair-back and the front legs,formed of single pieces, of hanging arms pivoted thereto and carrying across-bar at their lower free ends, and substantially horizontalseat-supports provided with notches on their front under ends adapted tomatch over said cross-bar and terminating at the rear as the back legsof the chair, as hereinafterspecifically set forth.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents a perspective of achair embracing our improvements; Fig. 2, a vertical sectionalelevation, the chair being set at a greater reclining angle; and Fig. 3the chair as folded, in which the cross-bar of the hanging arms isbrought above the seat-supports.

The chair-back and the front legs are composed of one and the same barsor pieces A A, and to these are pivoted at the proper 'points in theconstruction of chairs of this class, as at a a, the seat-supportingbars B B, which latter, in so far as they form the seatsupports, appearas substantially horizontal to the plane of the floor when the chair isin use, and at their rear curve backward and downward to form the backlegs, distinguished by B in the drawings. The front underneath parts ofthe bars B or seat-supports are provided with notches b I) I), which areintended to match with and securely grasp by a biting hold a cross-bar,O, angular in cross-section or square, which is carried by the lowerfree ends, 0, of the arm-rests D D, pivoted to the back A above theseat. The back and seat proper are preferably of one piece of cloth,carpet, or flexible slatting.

To adjust the chair to different angles requires merely the manipulationof the seatsupports and the hanging arm-rests to cause the notches ofthe one to match over the angle edge of the cross-bar of the latter,beneath the seat-a matteraseertained instantaneously on viewingtheconstruction; but to fold the chair for transportation or removal theparts are moved until the crossbar carried by the arms is above theseat-supports, as in Fig. 3, and this is effected by having thearm-rests free attheir lower ends, so that they can be raised up overthe seat-supports at their front ends. There are suitable brace-crossesE E for the front legs and for the back legs.

It will be observed that the arms form distinct pivoted hangers for thelocking crossbar, and must move together when the latter is releasedfrom its notches in the front under part of the seat-supports.

We claim-- 1. 1n areclining-ehair, the combination, with the chair-backand front legs, made of single pieces A A, of the hanging arm-rests D D,pivoted above the seat and carrying an angu lar cross-bar, G, and theseat-supports B B, provided on their underneath front parts with notchesl) b b, intermatchiug with said crossbar 0, to lock the back atdifferent angles, substantially as hereinbefore specified.

2. In a reclining -chair capable of being folded and having pivotednotched bars for the seat, the seat-supporting arms hanging freely attheir lower ends and rigidly connected by a cross-bar adapted to beswung over and free of the seat-bars to fold the chair, substantially asdescribed.

In testimony whereof we have hereunto set our hands and seals in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

SIMON POTTER. JAMES DUANE BEAVER.

Witnesses:

JOHN H. MILL'ARD, HENRY W. GILBERT.

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